Ronda Rousey UFC return confirmed

[PorkChop]

She's returning on December 30th, at UFC 207, against currently bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Confirmed just now by MMAFighting.com.

She doesn't deserve the title shot coming off a massive knockout loss, but UFC want those $$$$$.

[Hanley!]

Didn't she just lose that one match though? After a long, dominant winning streak as the UFC's biggest female draw and probably their biggest draw in general during that period?

Obviously money talks in the MMA world, and the fight that's likely to draw the most money is the one the company is likely to make, regardless of whether a fighter has earned that spot. But I'm not sure I'd call Rousey undeserving in this instance anyway.

[Str8Shooter]

How long has she been gone at this point? It feels like forever.

Hopefully she wins. If she comes back after all this time and loses that's probably it for her in MMA.

[KaiserGlider]

I hope Rousey destroys her to reclaim that unbeatable aura, and because I don't know who the other one is.

[Kein]

Hope Ronda wins. I also believe if she loses she will be out of MMA possibly for good. I'd like to see her compete more.

[Daz]

I understand why UFC are giving her a title shot, and to be fair, the division has been playing hot potato with the title since Ronda lost it. Bringing Ronda back in the hope that she wins the title would set up some big rematches with Holm, Tate and Nunes, so it's the best decision from a business standpoint as far as I'm concerned. She could probably win all those fights too, if she fights smarter, which she didn't do against Holm.

On the other hand, another loss would probably rock her confidence enough that she'd call it a day with MMA.

[PorkChop]

I'd still fancy Holm to beat her again, though I think Rousey would beat Tate and Pena. I don't know about Nunes.

I just can't bear the thought of hearing all the stupid hyperbole that would come with another Rousey title reign. Joe Rogan saying that Rousey was a "once in human history athlete" and would beat most male bantamweights still makes me cringe.

[Daz]

I'd still fancy Holm to beat her again, though I think Rousey would beat Tate and Pena. I don't know about Nunes.

I just can't bear the thought of hearing all the stupid hyperbole that would come with another Rousey title reign. Joe Rogan saying that Rousey was a "once in human history athlete" and would beat most male bantamweights still makes me cringe.

I don't know about Holm beating Rousey again.

Holm was excellent in their first fight but I think Ronda's mentality going into it played a pretty significant part of the loss. She definitely bought into her own hype and went in there thinking she was invincible. Getting rocked by those early shots proved her wrong, and stupidly she went chasing Holm and got knocked the fuck out as a result. You would imagine, having been humbled like that, she would fight smarter in a rematch, control the space and shoot for the takedowns. On the ground, I don't think Holm could come close to competing with Ronda.

It'd definitely be an interesting fight though.